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He is considered a national hero and the national founder of modern Romania. [13] National mythical animal: Balaur [14] National bird: Golden eagle (featured on the national coat of arms) [14] [15] Great white pelican (as a symbol for the Danube Delta) [16] National animal: Eurasian lynx [14] [17] National tree: Oak [18] National poet: Mihai ...
Some species hold only an "unofficial" status. The Official status column is marked as Yes only if the bird currently holds the position of the official national bird. Additionally, the list includes birds that were once official but are no longer, as well as birds recognized as national symbols or for other symbolic roles.
Mute swan (national bird) Cygnus olor [21] Small tortoiseshell (national butterfly) Aglais urticae [21] Dominica: Sisserou parrot (national bird) Amazona imperalis [22] El Salvador: Turquoise-browed motmot (national bird) Eumomota superciliosa [23] Estonia: Wolf (national animal) Canis lupus: Loup_gris_(Canis_lupus_) [24] Barn swallow (national ...
The waxwings are a group of birds with soft silky plumage and unique red tips to some of the wing feathers. In the Bohemian and cedar waxwings, these tips look like sealing wax and give the group its name. These are arboreal birds of northern forests. They live on insects in summer and berries in winter. Bohemian waxwing, Bombycilla garrulus (A)
Kurangaituku is a supernatural being in Māori mythology who is part-woman and part-bird. [21] Lamassu from Mesopotamian mythology, a winged tutelary deity with a human head, the body of a bull or a lion, and bird wings. Lei Gong, a Chinese thunder god often depicted as a bird man. [22] The second people of the world in Southern Sierra Miwok ...
The coat of arms of Romania was adopted in the Romanian Parliament on 10 September 1992 as a representative coat of arms for Romania.The current coat of arms is based on the lesser coat of arms of interwar Kingdom of Romania (used between 1922 and 1947), which was designed in 1921 by the Transylvanian Hungarian heraldist József Sebestyén from Cluj, at the request of King Ferdinand I of ...
Orders, decorations, and medals of Romania (9 C, 13 P) Pages in category "National symbols of Romania" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
Civil ensign of the United Principalities of Romania: Blue-yellow-red horizontal tricolor with red above. 1867—1947: Civil ensign of the Principality/Kingdom of Romania: Blue-yellow-red vertical tricolor with blue near the hoist. Jan-Mar 1948: Flag of the People's Republic of Romania (never used) Provisional coat of arms established in ...